Bug#562074: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: soup_content_sniffer_get_type

[Dominique Parisot]

Package: libwebkit-1.0-2
Version: 1.1.17-2
Severity: important
Architecture: i386


Yesterday, I have updated my lenny system (stable) to squeeze (testing).

When I launch epiphany web browser, it terminates with the following 
error message :
    $ epiphany
    epiphany-browser: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2:
    undefined symbol: soup_content_sniffer_get_type




ld returns the following error about libwebkit :
   $ ld /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2
   ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; not setting start address
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_message_headers_get_one'
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_auth_save_password'
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_password_manager_get_type'
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_auth_get_saved_password'
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_auth_get_saved_users'
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_content_sniffer_get_type'
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2: undefined reference to 
`soup_message_disable_feature'


Here is a list of symbolic links in /usr/lib :
   /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2 -> libwebkit-1.0.so.2.13.0
   /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1 -> libsoup-2.4.so.1.3.0
   /usr/lib/libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1 -> libsoup-gnome-2.4.so.1.3.0

These files come from libwebkit-1.0-2 and libsoup2.4-1 :
   # dpkg -S /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2
   libwebkit-1.0-2: /usr/lib/libwebkit-1.0.so.2
   # dpkg -S /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.3.0
   libsoup2.4-1: /usr/lib/libsoup-2.4.so.1.3.0

I have the following packages installed on my system :
   - libwebkit-1.0-2       1.1.17-2
   - libwebkit-1.0-common  1.1.17-2
   - libsoup-gnome2.4-1    2.28.1-3
   - libsoup2.4-1          2.28.1-3

I tried to uninstall and reinstall libwebkit and libsoup (and all 
depending packages) but I got the same error.

I'm using linux kernel 2.6.30-2-686 and libc6 2.10.2-2.